Google recently updated the 'historical imagery' layer after nearly six months of no updates. So, there is a lot of interesting new imagery to see. Last week we had a look at some US wildfires. Today, … [Read more...]
The Dolores, Uruguay Tornado
November 16, 2016
We have often looked at tornado tracks for the US and we recently looked at one in China but this is the first time we have come across one in South America. According to Wikipedia it was an F3 rated … [Read more...]
Tornado tracks in Google Earth imagery
November 3, 2016
Last month we imported some placemarks from Wikipedia showing locations for all recorded tornadoes in the US for the last few years. We were hoping it would be useful for finding imagery of tornado … [Read more...]
Wikipedia data for US Tornadoes in Google Earth
October 6, 2016
Wikipedia has lists of notable tornadoes and tornado outbreaks worldwide for each year. For example, here is the list for 2016. There are also more detailed lists, such as this one for US Tornadoes … [Read more...]
The Jiangsu tornado
September 21, 2016
Although Google has neglected to update 'historical imagery' in Google Earth since early June, they have been adding fresh imagery, and when it is reasonably good quality, it goes into the default … [Read more...]
Google Earth Imagery Update: The Dallas, Texas Tornados
June 20, 2016
Google has recently pushed out another imagery update. Below we show approximate maps of where the new imagery from April, May and June can be found. There is almost certainly older imagery too, but … [Read more...]
Google Earth Imagery Update: LaPlace tornado
May 30, 2016
Google has recently pushed out another imagery update. We have mapped out the approximate locations of imagery for March, April and May, 2016. The last update we did maps for was this one. There was a … [Read more...]
Sentinel vs Landsat imagery
May 5, 2016
Yesterday we had a look at Snapsat, a useful website for obtaining Landsat imagery. The location we chose was Dallas, Texas and a track made by a tornado in December last year. We thought it would be … [Read more...]
Snapsat Beta for Landsat imagery
May 4, 2016
We have previously had a look at how to get Landsat imagery into Google Earth. We have used a number of different techniques over time, but in all cases, obtaining high quality Landsat imagery … [Read more...]
Seeing a tornado track with Landsat imagery
December 28, 2015
We have looked at the paths of destruction caused by tornadoes in Google Earth imagery a number of times before. Nearly every one of the tornadoes we have looked at in the US occurred in the months of … [Read more...]